Alabama Defensive Coordinator Kirby Smart works from drill to drill during the Crimson Tide's 12th 2013 Season Spring football practice, a scrimmage, Saturday, April 13, 2013, at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Vasha Hunt/vhunt@al.com)

After an offseason that included his name being linked to the head coach openings at Auburn, Tennessee and Arkansas, Smart had his salary bumped from $950,000 to $1.15 million during Tuesday's University of Alabama Board of Trustees compensation committee.

Smart will collect $1.35 million during the final two years of his three-year contract, which was extended through Feb. 28, 2016.

Meanwhile, Alabama coach Nick Saban did not receive a raise or a contract extension, but his bonus structure was adjusted for when college football goes to a four-team playoff in
2014. Saban will receive $200,000 for making the four-team semifinal,
$300,000 for making the championship game and $400,000 for winning it
all. He is eligible to collect just one of those payments.

Saban's current contract runs through the 2019 season and pays him an average of $5.6 million per year. He received a total of $525,000 in bonuses for winning the SEC Championship and BCS National Championship in 2012.

Offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier had his pay bumped from $590,000 to $680,000. His three-year contract was also extended through 2016.

All four of the assistants who were onSaban's 2012 staff and stayed with the team received raises and had their contracts extended through 2015. So, too, did strength and conditioning coach Scott Cochran, whose salary was bumped to $350,000.

The salaries and parameters of the contracts of Alabama's three new assistant coaches were also set. Offensive line coach Mario Christobal will make $475,000 while secondary coach Greg Brown and wide receivers coach Billy Napier will each make $300,000. Napier, whose $70,000 buyout to Florida State will be paid by Alabama, will have his pay bumped to $325,000 in 2014.

Add it up, and Alabama's nine, on-field assistant coaches will earn $4.38 million. That's an increase of more than $500,000 from last season and a figure that would have ranked No. 1 in the country last season.

Director of Player Personnel Kevin Steele's salary of $200,000 was also approved. His contract is also for two years.

New athletics director Bill Battle's four-year contract was approved, too. He will collect $620,000 per year.